artophorion

[ ahr-taw-faw-ree-awn; English ahr-tuh-fawr-ee-on, -fohr- ]

noun

, Greek Orthodox Church.

, plural ar·to·pho·ri·a [ah, r, -taw-, faw, -, r, ee-ah, ahr-t, uh, -, fawr, -ee-, uh, -, fohr, -].

1. pyx ( def 1a ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of artophorion¹

< Medieval Greek, Greek: basket for bread, equivalent to arto- (combining form of ártos cake, bread) + -phorion (akin to phérein to bear)